"I didn't expect someone to know about ghosts. It seems that there are cultivators in this world."
Ye Xiaochen touched his chin.
Of course, Yan Daoist didn't have any cultivation aura. He probably only knew some theoretical knowledge about Feng Shui. He probably didn't know much about practical methods.
"According to what they said, there are real Feng Shui experts in Xiangjiang."
Ye Xiaochen pondered.
So far, he had seen some things related to cultivation. For example, the Child-Mother Forbidden Evil Gourd, Magic Beads, Soulless Substances, ghosts, and so on.
However, he hadn't met any real cultivators.
He felt that he hadn't really come into contact with the cultivation level of this world.
Ye Xiaochen walked to a place and sat down cross-legged.
What he needed to do now was to lure the ghost out.
However, he wasn't sure if the senzu bean could lure the ghost out.
After all, the ghost wasn't just a pure energy body. It was a ghost with negative characteristics.
He took out a refined senzu bean from his storage space and clasped it in his palm. He formed the Soul Leading Seal with both hands and activated it with his magic power.
In an instant, an invisible wave radiated in all directions.
Wherever this wave swept, Ye Xiaochen could sense some things in the unseen world.
This was the magic of the Soul Leading Seal.
Suddenly, he sensed a terrifying ghost hiding in the depths of the ground.
However, this ghost was extremely vigilant. If it was an ordinary ghost, it would have been lured out long ago.
However, this terrifying ghost didn't move at all. Only the evil wave it emitted meant that this ghost wasn't motionless. It was waiting.
After more than 15 minutes, Ye Xiaochen felt that at least one-fifth of the magic power in his body had been consumed.
Fortunately, the Soul Leading Seal didn't consume much magic power. Otherwise, it would be a bit troublesome.
Finally, the mass of Yin Soul moved.
At first, it was very slow and seemed to be very careful. This meant that the ghost wasn't just a pure energy body. It had the vigilance of an animal.
After another ten minutes, the ghost finally moved to a place close to the surface.
The ghost stopped moving again.
"So cautious?"
Ye Xiaochen was a little surprised.
But in order not to scare the Yin Soul away, he could only restrain his temper.
Suddenly, the ghost moved to the other side, and a part of it entered the body of a hibernating bug.
"What a guy. Even at this point, he can still resist the temptation to possess an insect and come out to test the waters?"
Ye Xiaochen was extremely surprised.
He was absolutely certain that this Yin spirit was no ordinary soul.
Not long after, the ghost-possessed insect crawled out of the ground.
In an instant, an invisible spiritual power radiated out, enveloping the space and beginning to invade Ye Xiaochen's mind.
It was indeed an illusion.
It would invade the target's mind and create a terrifying scene, causing the target to feel despair and negative emotions.
However, this trick had no effect on Ye Xiaochen.
Although the spirit's mental strength was strong, it was only effective against ordinary people.
Ye Xiaochen had been a cultivator for a long time. She was at the beginning of the Building Foundation Stage. She had a spiritual seed and had a strong defense against mental attacks.
Ye Xiaochen did not move at all.
This lasted for dozens of seconds before the spiritual power dissipated. Then, a huge ghost rushed out of the ground and pounced on Ye Xiaochen.
It had finally been lured out.
Woo woo woo …
A cold wind blew, as if ghosts were crying and gods were howling.
Even the grass and trees swayed.
The scene was extremely terrifying.
But Ye Xiaochen did not move.
He was trying his best to maintain the Soul Guiding Seal, restraining the mana in his body and not letting it out, so as not to scare the ghost away.
Finally, the terrifying Yin Spirit finally rushed into the Senzu Bean.
The entire Senzu Bean was shaking violently, as if it was trying to break free from Ye Xiaochen's grasp.
The ghost wanted to control the Senzu Bean.
Normal ghosts did not have a shell, so they could not exist in the world, and could only live underground.
This was the case even if they were at the level of a malicious ghost.
It was absolutely impossible for a real malicious spirit to possess a human body like the ghosts in the movies and come back to life in another body.
Only psychic items could contain Yin spirits and malicious ghosts.
Because of this, the Senzu Bean was very attractive to malicious ghosts.
With this Senzu Bean, malicious ghosts could openly appear on the surface world.
This was the case for Dou Huangyi.
However, it had recognized him as its master.
Without a master, the Senzu Bean was a demon or a ghost. Once it appeared, it would cause a terrible disaster.
"Trying to escape?"
Ye Xiaochen naturally would not let this malicious ghost escape. He suddenly clapped his hands together and suppressed it. His mana was activated, forming a strange light that enveloped the Senzu Bean.
Within the light, there was a faintly discernible black shadow that was struggling left and right, but no matter how hard it tried, it was unable to break free.
After a full quarter of an hour, Ye Xiaochen's mana was almost depleted. Only then did he truly subdue the malicious ghost and turn it into a real Senzu Bean.
Ye Xiaochen's face was full of fatigue. He looked at the Senzu Bean in his palm with satisfaction.
He had a feeling that this Senzu Bean would be much stronger than Dou Huangyi.
He quickly put the Senzu Bean away and left the park.
Back in the hotel room.
Ye Xiaochen was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she lay on the bed.
The next day.
Ye Xiaochen woke up very early. He was dressed very formally.
Because today he would be conferred the title of Associate Professor.
He was also very excited. After all, this was an Associate Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the auditorium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It was already full of people from the various institutes directly under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Those who were qualified to enter were at least associate researchers or associate professors.
Every year, a conferment ceremony for associate professors and above would be held here.
This time was different. It was not an ordinary conferment ceremony because this year's conferment ceremony had already been held.
This conferment ceremony was only held for one person.
In the large auditorium, there was a lot of discussion and whispers. Everyone was talking about the main character of this ceremony.
"Have you heard? This impromptu conferment ceremony is held for a botanist named Ye Xiaochen. "
"Ye Xiaochen? Why haven't I heard of him?"
"Yang He, is there such a person in your Plant Department?"
"No, I haven't even heard of him."
"That's strange. Who is he that the headquarters would hold a personal conferment ceremony for him?"
"I heard that this person is very young?"
"How young?"
"I don't know. I heard about it too. In any case, the higher-ups are very strict about it. Not a single bit of information was leaked."
"I know a little. I heard that the collaboration with the Southern Province this time is related to this person."
"No way. There's such a thing?"
"Who is this person?"
....
All kinds of discussions filled the auditorium.
The news of Ye Xiaochen's research on the purification grass that could absorb nuclear radiation was strictly kept secret by the country.
Many people only knew that the Chinese Academy of Sciences was collaborating with the Southern Province government in scientific research. However, not many people knew the reason behind it.
Although Ye Xiaochen was in the limelight in the Southern Province, he was only so-so on a national scale.
This was even more so within the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After all, who would care about external matters?
Especially when the higher-ups were suppressing this news.
When the higher-ups announced that the personal associate professor conferment ceremony would be held, many people were still confused.
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